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How Guinness Led a Modern Nitro-Stout Takeover of Britain’s Pubs

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This pub, reopened in November last year, is run by Dubliner Oisín Rogers and Guinness has quickly become a central part of its appeal: More than 60 percent of the beer sold here is Ireland’s famous stout. Guinness is booming in Britain, at the head of a nitro-stout trend that shows little sign of slowing. or Ireland.

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Next Wave Awards Brewer of the Year: Derek Gallanosa

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There, Gallanosa unleashed the innovation that put his name on the entire brewing industry’s radar: imperial pastry stouts. The term is now synonymous with high-ABV, thick-as-molasses, pitch-black brews (also known as dessert stouts) that are bolstered with adjuncts ranging from coffee and vanilla beans to chocolate and chili peppers.

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We Asked 12 Bartenders: What’s the Most Underrated Cask-Strength Bourbon?

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” —Hailey Donovan, bar manager, Northern Spy , Canton, Mass. It is finished in Goose Island Bourbon County Stout barrels, so it is an ex-bourbon cask used to age stout, and then back to being used for bourbon. We’ve had many guests keep coming back for it. I’d recommend it enjoyed over a nice large cube.”

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We Asked 19 Bartenders: What’s Your Go-To Bourbon? (2024)

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—Gabriel Urrutia, professor of spirits, FIU Chaplin School of Hospitality & Tourism Management , Miami “My favorite bourbon has changed so much over the years, from the quantity-over-quality that my adolescent years provided to the new heightened sense of palatability that [I’ve grown] accustomed to in recent years.

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We Asked 21 Bartenders: What’s the Most Underrated Whiskey? (2025)

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The flavor imparted by the barrels gives the product such great depth that its impossible not to appreciate both the Imperial Stout and the cask-rested four-grain bourbon.” ” Sam Wood, bar manager, SALT , Boulder, Colo.

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NYC’s Lullaby Is Pioneering a New Way to Carbonate Cocktails With ‘Girl Cola’

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In general, their carbonation levels are often more akin to that of a porter or stout rather than a macro lager or a can of seltzer. Bar manager Liz Hitchcocks Girl Cola. While theres no denying their appeal, this method of carbonating cocktails only gets them so fizzy. The drink in question?